Attachment for combination-dials on safes, vaults, &amp;c.



M. MOSLBR. ATTACHMENT FOR COMBINATION DIALS 0N SAPES, VAULTS; 6w.

' APPLICATION FILED MAY 17, 1909.

961,884, Patented June 21,1910.

Wit wen 0a a unirnn STATES. PATENT OFFICE,

MOSES MosLEn, or new YORK, N, Y,

ATTACHMENT FOR COMBINATION-DIALS ON SAFES, VAULTS, 866.

To all whom'it may concern:

Be it known that I, Moses MosLER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Combination-Dials on Safes, Vaults, &c., of which the following is a specification,

This invention relates to attachments for combination dials on safes, vaults, etc., and it has for its object to provide a simple and improved attachment whereby the dial can be conveniently and readily illuminated to enable its manipulation under any conditions or circumstances where light is required.

Safes and vaults are frequently located at places where there is insufficient light for enablingthe ready and convenient View of the small graduations on. combination dials, and it is also frequently desired to operate such dials to enable the opening of safes and vaults at night under circumstances where the ordinary artificial illumination of the room is not sufficient to lightup the dial so that its graduations can be readily seen; My invention is designed to overcome these disadvantages and all other objections or disadvantages resulting from insufficient light or villumination for the convenient operation ofcombination dials, and to these ends my invention provides for the independent illumination ofthe dial itself without reference to the light conditions in the room in which the safe-or vault is located.

In-the drawings Figure 1 is a face View, showing my attachment in position upon a s'afe'door and in its operative location with relation to the graduated combination dial thereof. Fig. 2 is an edge view-{of a portion of the safe door, showing the attachment in side elevation. Fig. 3 is a'vertical sectional view, taken through a portion of the door and the attachment, and illustrating in dotted lines the operation of parts of the attachmen't. Fig. 4 is a front view of the top portion of the attachment, with the door of the lamp' inclosure removed, Figs. '5 and 6 are detail cross-sections, taken -'respectively on the "lines m-m and y-y, Fig; 4

'Gorres ondmg parts in alltlie figures are denoted y the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates Specification of L-etters Patent.

Application filed May 17, 1908.

Patented June 21, 1910.

Serial No. eeaaec.

ing preferably such that the battery ele-' ments are located beneath the dial 2, the conduit 8 surrounds the dial, and the electric light elements are immediately above the dial, The attachment is preferably in the form of a general framework, constituting a composite device and including the battery inclosurea at the bottom and the electric light inclosure 6 at the top, with said inclosures connected and carried by an intermediate annular or ring-shaped conduit 8 for the wires, the framework being di-' rectly secured against the outer'face of the door 1, by means of screws, as at 9, passing through the framework and into the door, or in any other suitable or adapted manner, in such position that the intermediate annular conduit directly surrounds the dial 2 and'the battery and electric light inclosures are respectively immediately beneath and immediately above the dial.

In the-preferred construction as herein shown, the battery inclosure i is of flat rectangular box shape, conforming to a flat rectangular battery 5 which is insertibly reccived between and retained by the sides and bottom of the inclosure.

venient insertion or detachment and inspec-- tion of the battery, the inclosure 4 is open at its top, asat 10, and at its front, as at 11, and provided with an ap roxiinately right angular door or closure, 7' 2, for said open part, hinged at its bottom, as at 1 1-, and havmg acam action at its lower. edge against a plate-spring, 15, projecting from the bottom of the inclosure 4:, whereby said door or closure 12 is normallyretained in position. The annular conduit 8 ,is tubular, and the wires, 16' and 17, respectively extending from Toenable conthe positive and negative binding posts, 18

and 19, at the top of the battery 5, extend upwardly through an opening, 20, at the bottom of the conduit, 8 and through the channel or bore of said conduit to an opening, 21, at the top thereof.

The top inclosure 6, for the electric light bulb, is open at its front, as at 22, and at its bottom, as at 23, this open portion being closed by an approximately right angular door or closure, 24, hinged at its top, as at 25. The electric light bulb 7 is housed within the inclosure 6 and seated in its socket, 26, which comprises a supporting extension rod, 29, secured to the top of the inclosure 6 and insulated therefrom. Projecting from the rod 29 are two plate-springs, 27 and 28, suitably insulated from each other, as at 30, the spring 27 being insulated from the socket-member 29 while the spring 28 is in electrical contact with said socketmember 29. The battery wires 16 and 17, which project fr'om'the top opening 21 of the conduit 8 and enter the inclosure 6, are respectively in electrical connection with the springs 27 and 28, the wire 16 being connected to the spring 27, as at 31, while the wire 17 is connected to the socket 26 with which the spring 28 is in electrical connection, as at 32, and thus the circuit is normally open at the springs 27 and 28. The

free ends of said contact springs 27 and 28 are respectively provided with forwardly extending lips or projections, 35 and 36, which are normally out of contact but which will be brought into contact by the cam action of the top edge, 37, of the door or closure 24, which depresses the to lip or extension 35 when said door is li ted and opened (as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3), and the tension of the spring in this cam action is suflicient to retain the door in open position. It will be understood that the contact of the s ring lips 35 and 36, by the operation of li ting and opening the door or closure 24, will establish the circuit from the battery to the electric light bulb and cause the illumination of the latter, and the construction and arran ement is such that the door 24 forms a re ector which. directs 311(11 concentrates the light at the face of the The operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood. When it is desired to illuminate the combination dial, it is simply necessary to lift the door of the inclosure for the electric light bulb, to establish the spring-contact circuit connection, when the. dial will be directly illuminated by the electric light, and the closing of the door operates to automatically break the circuit. The device is exceedingly simple and compact, and in its preferred form. provides an inclosure or housing for all the operative parts, the wires and other elements being entirely inclosed and rotected, and the simple operation of a springcontact affords any effective illumination of the dial whenever desired.

I do not desire to be understood as limiting myself to the detail construction and arrangement of parts as herein shown and described, as it is manifest that variations and modifications therein may be resorted to in the adaptation of my invention to varying conditions of use, without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention and improvements. I therefore reserve the right to all such variations and modifications as properly fall within the scope of my invention and the terms of the following claims.

Having thus described my invention, T claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. An attachment for combination dials, comprising a framework having means at its lower portion for mounting and retaining a battery, means at its upper portion for mounting an electric lamp above'the dial, and an annular or ring-shaped conduit connecting said lower and upper portions and adapted to surround the dial and carry the wires from the battery to the lamp.

2. An attachment for combination dials, comprising a framework having at its lower portion an inclosure for a battery, a closure for said battery inclosure, an inclosure at its up er portion for an electric lamp, a closure or said lamp inclosure, and an annular or ring-shaped conduit extending between said lower battery inclosure and said upper lamp inclosure and adapted to surround the dial and carry the wires from the battery to the lamp.

3. An attachment for combination dials, comprising a framework having an annular or ring-sha ed conduit adapted to surround the dial and carry circuit wires, means carried by said annular conduit for mounting and retaining a battery, means carried by said annular conduit for mounting and protecting an electric lamp, and means car- .ried by said lamp protector for throwing the lamp into and out of circuit.

4. An attachment for combination dials, comprising an annular or ring-shaped conduit adapted to surround the dial and carry circuit wires, means carried by said annular conduit for mounting and retaining a bat tery, a housing or inclosure carried by said annular conduit for containing an electric lamp, one portion of said. housing or inclosure being 0 en, a closure for said open portion of sai lamp housing, and means for throwing the lamp into circuit when said closure is opened and out of circuit when said closure is closed.

5. The combination, with a safe or vault door and lock-dial mechanism thereon, of a framework carried by said door in-fixed relation to said dial and having means for carrying a battery and means carrying an for mountin land protecting an electric lamp, said ramework embodying means 15 for carryin the circuit wires between the battery an lamp, and means carried by said lamp-protective means for opening and closing a circuit for the lamp.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name in the presence of the subscribing witnesses.

MOSES MOSLER.

Witnesses MALCOLM MUDHEIMER,

L. B. Momus. 

